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Ernest Shand — a comedian, singer and ukulele entertainer popular in the Edwardian and early 1920s Music Hall — recorded for several labels, here on Neo (a small British imprint), catalogue 17219/20, with 'At the Ball' and 'Wide World'. Neo was a short-lived British label of the early 1920s and is not common in collections; Shand's output on it is of interest to Music Hall specialists.AI summary
Neo 17219/20 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the music-hall comedian who was also a composer for the guitar, with 'At the Seaside' and 'Oh, Isn't It Singular' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel K113 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Pathé catalogue 92863, with 'Husband's Strike' and 'We Really Had a Most Delightful Evening'. Pathé issued a wide range of British music-hall performers and pressings of this type are moderately common.AI summary
Pathé 92863 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian, on Zonophone catalogue 857 — a moderately low number suggesting an early pressing — with 'I Went On My Way Rejoicing' and 'In Other Lands'. Zonophone pressings of Shand's work at low catalogue numbers are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 857 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Pathé catalogue 92864, with 'In America' and 'Nelson and Me'. Pathé issued a wide range of British music-hall performers and pressings of this type are moderately common.AI summary
Pathé 92864 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Pathé catalogue 92861, with 'Introductions' and 'I Went On My Way Rejoicing'. Pathé issued a wide range of British music-hall performers and pressings of this type are moderately common.AI summary
Pathé 92861 Music Hall
Ernest Shand's Zonophone 1029 is a double-sided pressing, placing it a little later than his earliest single-sided issues — probably around 1906–1908. 'In America' suggests a topical song about emigration or the American craze, a common music-hall subject of the period. Shand was a capable Edwardian comedian whose Zonophone output is consistently sought by music-hall collectors.AI summary
Zonophone 1029 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and banjo specialist, performs 'King Rufus' and 'Lullaby' on Zonophone 1069. The 1069 Zonophone number places this in the early British acoustic series, probably around 1906–1909; Shand is a recognised music-hall recording name and this is an early-period pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 1069 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, performing 'Lloyd Jarge' and 'Horatio' on Columbia catalogue 2336. Columbia pressings of Shand's work in the 2000-series are moderately common.AI summary
Columbia 2336 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Zonophone catalogue 42433, with 'Look at the Weather'. Zonophone pressings of Shand's work in the 42000-series are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 42433 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian, on Zonophone catalogue 42263, with 'Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares'. Zonophone 42000-series pressings of Shand's work are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 42263 Music Hall
Ernest Shand on Neo label, catalogue 17215, with 'Questions' and 'In the Summer' — companion to Neo17219/20 in this collection. As with that disc, the Neo label is a short-lived minor British imprint and Shand is a documented Music Hall comedian-singer; these form a small Neo grouping of modest specialist interest.AI summary
Neo 17215 Music Hall
Ernest Shand was an Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist. This Beka pressing, catalogue 9709, contains 'Short Stories' and 'Little Bo-Peep'. Beka was a Berlin-based label with extensive European and British distribution; Shand is a moderately documented music-hall name.AI summary
Beka 9709 Music Hall
Ernest Shand was a British music-hall comedian and character performer who recorded extensively in the Edwardian era. Zonophone 809 is an early catalogue number, placing this around 1903–1905, in the single-sided Zonophone period. Shand's Zonophone sides at low catalogue numbers are genuinely early acoustic recordings and are becoming uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 809 Music Hall
Ernest Shand on Zonophone, performing 'That Broke Up the Party' and 'We Really Had a Most Delightful Evening', a light comedy or novelty number from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 809 Music Hall
Ernest Shand performing 'The Bachelor' on the G&T label; an early acoustic recording from an unidentified artist on one of the most prestigious recording marques of the early gramophone era.AI summary
G&T 3-2354 Music Hall
Ernest Shand's The Husband's Strike and Daily Mirror Front Page on Ariel 9332.AI summary
Ariel 9332 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Polyphon catalogue 5662 with 'The Husband's Strike' and 'Nelson and Me'. Polyphon was a major continental pressing firm with British distribution; Shand sides on the label are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Polyphon 5662 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the British music-hall comedian, singer, and banjo-comedian popular in the Edwardian era, performs 'The Husband's Strike' and 'Poor Noah Moore' on Zonophone 748 — an extremely early Zonophone number, placing this among the very earliest British Zonophone pressings, probably around 1900–1903. Shand is a recognised name in early British recording and a catalogue number this low is a document of the first years of British disc recording.AI summary
Zonophone 748 Music Hall
Ernest Shand recorded 'The Husband's Strike' and 'Poor Noah Moore' for Zonophone. These titles suggest comic or music-hall material from the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 748 Music Hall